Roy Neal Byrd Jr.

Saturday

Aug 31, 2013 at 12:01 AM

HAPPY - Roy Neal Byrd Jr., 91, of Happy died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013.

Memorial services will be 4 p.m. Sunday in Brooks Chapel with John Rawlings, Rebecca Byrd and the Rev. Murray Travis officiating. Burial will be private. Arrangements are by Brooks Funeral Directors of Canyon.

Roy was born Feb. 12, 1922, to Roy Neal and Camilla Byrd. He married Katy Jean Black on Oct. 10, 1941.

He grew up in Canyon and graduated from Canyon High School. After high school, he attended New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell in the class of 1942.

He was a veteran of World War II. Roy was commissioned in 1944, and saw action in the Air Force, serving as a bombardier in the Mediterranean Theater. He was a crew member on a B-24 bomber and was promoted to captain. Roy was discharged in 1945.

Roy was a graduate of West Texas State College in Canyon and San Francisco Theological Seminary. He was ordained at the First Presbyterian Church in Canyon in 1959. He served churches in Nebraska, Texas and Colorado.

Roy was a voting member of the Chickasaw Nation, located in Oklahoma, and an honored elder.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and two sons, John and George.

Survivors include two sons, Roy and wife Jackie of Park City, Utah, and Jeffrey and wife Kris of Killeen; a daughter, Rebecca of Happy; eight grandchildren living in Washington, Nebraska, Illinois, Utah and South Carolina; and numerous great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials be to Dreamland Cemetery, P.O. Box 38, Canyon, TX 79015.

Sign the online guest book at www.brooksfuneral.com.

Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 31, 2013

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